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Inorganic Chemicals > Technetium Compounds > Technetium Tc 99m Pyrophosphate
... > Inorganic Chemicals > Electrolytes > Ions > Anions > Phosphates > Polyphosphates > Diphosphates > Technetium Tc 99m Pyrophosphate
... > Inorganic Chemicals > Phosphorus Compounds > Phosphorus Acids > Phosphoric Acids > Phosphates > Polyphosphates > Diphosphates > Technetium Tc 99m Pyrophosphate
... > Inorganic Chemicals > Acids > Acids, Noncarboxylic > Phosphorus Acids > Phosphoric Acids > Phosphates > Polyphosphates > Diphosphates > Technetium Tc 99m Pyrophosphate

Preferred term

Technetium Tc 99m Pyrophosphate  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • 99mTc Pyrophosphate
  • 99mTc-Pyrophosphate
  • Diphosphoric Acid, Technetium Salt
  • Tc 99m Pyrophosphate
  • Tc 99m-Pyrophosphate
  • Tc PYP
  • Tc-PYP

Note

  • for routine use as label, use no qualifiers

Scope note

  • A radionuclide imaging agent used primarily in scintigraphy or tomography of the heart to evaluate the extent of the necrotic myocardial process. It has also been used in noninvasive tests for the distribution of organ involvement in different types of amyloidosis and for the evaluation of muscle necrosis in the extremities.

History note

  • 92; was TECHNETIUM TC 99M PYROPHOSPHATE (NM) 1978-91

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D016698

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